OLEANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oleander mean? 

• OLEANDER (noun)
  The noun OLEANDER has 1 sense:

1. an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions

  Familiarity information: OLEANDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLEANDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Nerium oleander; oleander; rose bay

Hypernyms ("oleander" is a kind of...):

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Holonyms ("oleander" is a member of...):

genus Nerium; Nerium (one species: oleander)

 Context examples 

I shall never forget the last glimpse which I had of the inn-yard and its crowd of picturesque figures, all crossing themselves, as they stood round the wide archway, with its background of rich foliage of oleander and orange trees in green tubs clustered in the centre of the yard.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)